It was time for my annual search for early cold and snow on the North Shore. This year didn't offer the deep snow that last year did, but there were some beautiful smaller snowstorms. There was lots of cold weather, too, including the final night when the thermometer pushed minus twenty Fahrenheit. That morning offered up some very impressive frost smoke from the open water of Lake Superior.
Hovland Dock & Chicago Bay; Hovland, Minnesota
I love Hovland because it's the only North Shore community not blighted by condos and other kinds of development. You can still get a hint of what the North Shore was like in the old days. This is the town dock. Before Highway 61 was built in the 1920's, every community of any size on the North Shore had a dock like this for the package steamers and fish tugs to moor. This is the only one I know of that's still in reasonable shape. Most of the rest are gone or reduced to a few ruined rock and wood cribs. The concrete slabs in the middle-ground are part of a ruined boat ramp.
I love Hovland because it's the only North Shore community not blighted by condos and other kinds of development. You can still get a hint of what the North Shore was like in the old days. This is the town dock. Before Highway 61 was built in the 1920's, every community of any size on the North Shore had a dock like this for the package steamers and fish tugs to moor. This is the only one I know of that's still in reasonable shape. Most of the rest are gone or reduced to a few ruined rock and wood cribs. The concrete slabs in the middle-ground are part of a ruined boat ramp.
Hovland Dock & Chicago Bay; Hovland, Minnesota
I love Hovland because it's the only North Shore community not blighted by condos and other kinds of development. You can still get a hint of what the North Shore was like in the old days. This is the town dock. Before Highway 61 was built in the 1920's, every community of any size on the North Shore had a dock like this for the package steamers and fish tugs to moor. This is the only one I know of that's still in reasonable shape. Most of the rest are gone or reduced to a few ruined rock and wood cribs. The concrete slabs in the middle-ground are part of a ruined boat ramp.
I love Hovland because it's the only North Shore community not blighted by condos and other kinds of development. You can still get a hint of what the North Shore was like in the old days. This is the town dock. Before Highway 61 was built in the 1920's, every community of any size on the North Shore had a dock like this for the package steamers and fish tugs to moor. This is the only one I know of that's still in reasonable shape. Most of the rest are gone or reduced to a few ruined rock and wood cribs. The concrete slabs in the middle-ground are part of a ruined boat ramp.
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